[ad_1] FIFA has tried to forge on with the World Cup even as it deals with the barrage of criticism. On Monday, seven European countries ditched plans to wear a rainbow armband signaling anti-discrimination and inclusion after FIFA threatened to…
[ad_1] Ahead of their game against Japan at the World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday, players from Team Germany assembled on the pitch and covered their mouths in an act of protest. The players were upset that soccer governing body…
[ad_1] Protests are continuing in China against strict COVID lockdown restrictions after a deadly apartment fire brought some people closer to a breaking point. Across the country, demonstrators took to the streets — a mass movement that is rare in…
[ad_1] In the past, I found it easy to root against the imperialist teams, but that calculus gets complicated the more those teams change. Paris-born star Kylian Mbappé is the son of a Cameroonian father and a mother of Algerian…
[ad_1] The Iranian national team has toed a fine line between expressing support for protesters back home and risking serious repercussions from the regime for doing so. They have been criticized for not being more vocal about the regime’s violent…
[ad_1] US Marine veteran Trevor Reed is on his way home after being released from Russia, where officials said he was wrongfully detained since 2019. “Today, our prayers have been answered and Trevor is safely on his way back to…
[ad_1] Arguably the most incendiary issue Benedict faced upon becoming pope was the ongoing fallout from the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, as well as accusations of a cover-up effort on the part of church administration. When Benedict…
[ad_1] It was early morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Fatima Amiri first heard the gunshots from inside her classroom. She and hundreds of other students had been preparing for college entrance exams at the time, but then the girls began…
[ad_1] The moving moments were especially symbolic given the Queen started most days with the sound of bagpipes. As something of an alarm clock, the piper would play at 9 a.m. for 15 minutes for the monarch wherever she was…
[ad_1] BBC confirmed that the couple’s arrest came after they posted the video on social media. CBS News reported that the Iranian state media outlet Mizan claimed Haghighi and Ahmadi were not detained for dancing but for stoking resistance efforts…